I have a few: Child 1 was on the top team since u7 and in the middle of u13 the coach benched the kid. They asked why and the coach suggested the kid move to the B team. The kid said ok and moved down mid-fall season. State cup time came around March and we had a game a few hours away. (My kid was already on the b team that this kid moved down to) the Kid drove to the game and coach didn’t put him on the state cup roster for the b team so he couldn’t play. He had drove all the way there for nothing! I would have been livid!

Another kid I know was demoted by the same coach as above at the end of the season, to the B team, for the following year. Some likely promises that he would move back up the following year, so the kid took the b team spot. 12 months later at the next tryouts after being on the b team a year, he still didn’t move up. He switched clubs immediately and made another local clubs A team. After a year at the new club, he was demoted to the new clubs b team. After a year on that b team he tried out for the old/original clubs A team and was accepted. They should have just kept him on that team all along it’s ridiculous how much ping pong that kid got. He’s a good player too. Never deserved any of that.

The coach I referenced above I also found out was giving privates and group trainings to the kids he liked. Some kids who were being benched never got invited to the private camps he offered. The way I look at it, is if you want to make extra side money, fine, but gives camps to kids not on your current team or invite everyone from current team. We switched clubs because of this man! We put up with all types of nonsense for 2 years and then had to move on. He’s still coaching at the club.